Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/13] standard make install

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2015-12-03 15:31, Bruce Richardson:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 02:45:27PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Following the recent discussions, this is a proposal to have a standard
> > installation process while keeping compatibility with most of the old
> > behaviours.
[...]
> > Local install example with old (compatible) command:
> > 
> > # make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc DESTDIR=install
> > 
> > would be equivalent to:
> > 
> > # make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc 0=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > # make O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > # make install O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc prefix= DESTDIR=install
> 
> While I have no huge objections to this patchset, I don't like the fact that
> install does completely different things depending upon whether certain variables
> are defined or not. I believe the "old" default behaviour for install was
> poorly named, and while it's behaviour should be kept, a new name should be given
> to it to avoid having the target "install" so heavily overloaded.

Yes.
It is a first step to fix a common complain.
The we can remove the T= syntax or move the "all-in-one feature" to another
command name. I suggest "make config-build-install" :)